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The HBCU 104 List: Best Schools to Attend Up Top
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Top Historically Black Colleges and Universities to attend in the North.
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"HBweCU" is taking audiences on a journey into Black America’s most precious institutions: our Historically Black Colleges and Universities. From the culture of HBCU Homecomings to the students, faculty and alumni of the 107 schools to the various topics that affect them, we’re committed to shining a light on these educational institutions. New content including articles, videos and photo galleries will display the best in Black Excellence and will feature the faces and voices of the very people who make HBCUs so memorable and special.

HBCU Kings and Queens 2022-2023

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GALLERIES

Homecoming Memories 2022: Florida A&M University

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HBCU Homecoming Memories 2022: Southern University and A&M College

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Homecoming Memories 2022: Howard University

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FEATURE STORIES

Why ‘Coming To America’ Has A Different Meaning For International HBCU Students

While a combination of a global pandemic, changes in immigration policy and the end of a scholarship program has slowed the pace a little, Black colleges are still a destination for international students.
12/14/2022
HBCU Student and alumni side hustles

HBCU Students Find Ways To Make Their Side Hustles Ca-Ching

Bucking the stereotype of the “broke college student,” young Black entrepreneurs are finding ways to make their hobbies pad their paychecks.
12/05/2022

Another Type Of Homecoming: What's Behind The Jump in HBCU Enrollment?

For reasons ranging from better financial aid to academic environments that comes with a safer space, young people are increasingly turning to HBCUs.
10/21/2022
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HBCU Party Anthems: Wipe Me Down

Why Boosie Badazz's 2006 Hit Still Packs College Parties
10/28/2022

Generation to Generation: A Family Passes Down The HBCU Tradition

One point of pride for many parents is when their children attend the same college they did, for the Brandon family, that happened with an HBCU.
10/28/2022

Glamour Magazine's 2022 HBCU College Women of the Year

Karyn Onyeneho Is a Maverick for Change in the Field of Human Genetics

Onyeneho, 39, recently earned her PhD from Howard University and is working full-time at the National Institutes of Health to focus on diversity and equity in the public health space.
12/01/2022

Evolone Layne Is Taking Over STEM, One App at a Time

The Howard University junior intertwines her love for music with her passion for artificial intelligence, and she’s committed to using technology to help her community.
12/01/2022

Kennedy Whisenant Is Working to Make Inclusive Fashion a Reality

Only the second African American woman to win Miss Collegiate America 2022, the Clark Atlanta student is taking support from her HBCU village and aiming high.
12/01/2022

Noella Williams: Activist, Anime Fan, Author

After transferring to Florida’s largest historically Black university, Williams’s world opened up when she realized that there was space for reproductive justice and radical politics at Florida A&M.
12/01/2022

Maisie Brown, 21, Is Becoming the Face and Voice of the Jackson Water Crisis

The Jackson State University sophomore is leading the effort to deliver drinking water to residents who can’t make it to the city’s distribution centers.
12/01/2022

Mallory Butts Is Putting Black Beauty First

She used to make her own beauty products as a kid. Now the 19-year-old Spelman College chemical engineering student is on her way to making it her job.
12/01/2022

Winslyn Parrish Is on a Mission to Destigmatize Therapy for Black Women

After losing her mother a year ago, Parrish has doubled down on her commitment to embrace community, prioritize her mental health, and lean into the health justice space—all while maintaining a 4.0. How does she do it? A lot of therapy.
12/01/2022

Kennedy Orr Wants to Create a Cannabis Industry for the Culture

Forging a space where the Black community can enter the leafy business is a feat, but with an HBCU education, Orr knows anything is possible.
12/01/2022

VIDEOS

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HBweCU: The Loudest & Proudest Homecomings

HBCU homecomings are the flyest parties of the year. Known as one of the birthplaces of Black kings and queens, HBCUs are places of comfort and the spots we call home, long after graduation. We live for the days when we can leave our busy schedules for a weekend and go back to the schools that made us. Here are the HBCUs that turn Black excellence and Black joy up to the max during homecoming season! 
09/21/2023
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HBCU Party Anthems: 'Da Butt' by EU

Now regarded as a classic, the song introduced everyone to go-go music, something that had long been a mainstay of HBCUs near Washington D.C.
10/18/2022
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Black College Love: HBCUs Impact On Pop Culture Moments.

Did an HBCU romance have an impact on your love life? Here's how love at Black Colleges influence so much mainstream culture
10/12/2022
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HBCU Party Anthems: 'Before I Let Go' By Frankie Beverly and Maze

We salute the artists who created songs synonymous with HBCU homecomings and Black celebrations.
10/07/2022

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The HBCU Runway: Looking Good at Homecoming and Feelin' It

If you want to look fierce during Homecoming season, check out these fashion influencers who know what style is and how to work it!
10/21/2022
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HBCU Phenom: Sean 'Diddy' Combs -- From Howard U To Superstardom

Starting out at HU in the late 80s, the Harlem-bred impresario moved from the campus to being one of the most prolific creators in music history.
10/21/2022

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Secretary Of Education Miguel Cardona Discusses HBCU Week and the Student Loans Crisis

The Secretary reiterated the Biden Administration’s commitment to supporting HBCUs.
09/28/2023

BET's HBweCU Wants To Give You $500

Tell us what your HBCU means to you.
09/21/2023

Spelman College Ranked As No. 1 HBCU By US News & World Report

The all-girls college was named the top HBCU for the 15th consecutive year.
09/21/2023

White House: States Must Adequately Fund Land-Grant HBCUs Owed Nearly $13 Billion

A federal analysis found longstanding disparities in state funding between HBCUs and predominantly White universities.
09/20/2023

Florida A&M Enters Top 100 In U.S. News & World Report College Ranking

The HBCU jumped from the 103rd position last year to the 91st spot.
09/18/2023

This Week in Good Black News: Nelly And Ashanti Are Back Together, Michael Irvin Settles For $100M and Spike Lee Calls Out The Critics

HBCUs also made some big moves this week!
09/15/2023

The HBCU 104 List: Best Schools to Attend Up Top

Top Historically Black Colleges and Universities to attend in the North.
09/14/2023

HBCU Transformation Project Receives $124M Investment From Philanthropy Organization

Forty historically Black institutions currently participate in the initiative.
09/13/2023

With Racial Violence Rising How Vulnerable Are Our HBCUs?

Opinion: Racism and poor finances endanger Black college students at these historic institutions.
09/13/2023

Fisk University Names Nashville Community Leader Agenia Walker Clark As New President

Walker is the third woman to be named president in the school’s history.
09/13/2023

NC A&T Enrolls 13,883 Students, Remaining Largest HBCU

With 400 more students enrolled than last year, A&T remains the nation's largest Black college for the 10th consecutive year.
09/12/2023